Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

The clear sunlight shuttled through the gaps between the stone pillars of the ancient labyrinth, like golden pointers pointing to the towering ancient tower above the sea of ​​​​reeds and blood.

On the top floor of the tower, not far from the giant bronze clock, a man in black robes sat cross-legged.

With a pinch of his fingers, a light quill pen and an ancient book with a thick cover appeared in his hands.

The man in black robe turned over the light yellow paper and slowly turned to the latest page. Below the last ending, he started a new paragraph and started writing.

"February 23, 2001. I can't imagine that I have been writing this book for more than three hundred years. I think it will soon come to an end."

"I always adhere to the calendar of the six continents. Occasionally I meet explorers from the six continents and go to confirm it."

"The purpose of doing this is, of course, to remind yourself not to forget your "roots" and not to forget that you are a human being."

"If I don't remind myself like this, I worry that one day I will lose myself and lose my direction...but maybe this kind of persistence can't last long."

"Although last night passed without incident, I noticed that the period of time I was tortured by the curse became longer and longer."

"From one-third of the whole day before, to now nearly half, I spend it in pain and hallucinations. This is very abnormal, although it was already very abnormal before."

"I had to lock myself in the tower, not to actively contact outsiders, and not to let them come to see me."

"If I weren't worried about the siege here, I should have left here long ago."

"Now, I'm waiting for a man. As long as I wait for him, my mission here will be over..."

Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk——

Before Dong Fulisi could finish writing the sudden realization he had when he woke up in the early morning, he noticed that someone had gotten into the bottom of the tower and was climbing up the spiral stone staircase.

The steady four-legged steps, the soft sound of the never-leaving spear rubbing against the wall, and the undisguised thoughts, there is no doubt that the person coming is Sisaier'a.

"East." Sure enough, before climbing to the top, Sisier'a's voice came. He spoke in the language of the moose and centaur, "Are you there?"

"I'm here." Dong also replied in the language of Moose, Centaur and Horse. With a wave of his hands, the quill pen and ancient book disappeared.

Scel'a's tall man-horse body got into the top of the tower.

He was originally worried that he would knock his head, so he kept his head down, but now he realized that this was a completely unnecessary worry.

The ceilings here are high and the space is quite spacious.

Dong asked in a slightly reproachful tone: "What's wrong with you? Can't you tell me in a letter? Haven't I told you many times not to come to the tower?"

He installed a basket pulled by a pulley and a bell on the side of the tower.

If Scella or anyone else has something to contact him, all he has to do is throw the written letter into the basket and ring the bell.

Dong would pull the basket up, retrieve the letter, and read its contents, or if things were less personal, they could have a loud conversation directly up and down the tower.

Ever since Dong helped the demihumans enter the safe place of the ancient labyrinth castle, they had been communicating like this.

"I didn't mean to do this." Si Saier said awkwardly, "I just noticed two things... maybe one thing. I can't make up my mind at the moment. It won't work without meeting you in person."

Dong under the hood frowned and had an unpleasant premonition: "What's going on? Just tell me."

Scera said:

"Dong, more than a month ago, those filthy evil things from the west coast attacked many subhuman tribes, including our moose, centaur and horse tribes."

"The old chief...died on the way. He and other compatriots were transformed into flesh and blood monsters. We had to eliminate them."

"The tribe was completely destroyed in that night attack by flesh and blood monsters. If you hadn't appeared in time, we would have been like headless flies."

"You quickly gathered us and many demihumans and brought us into the ancient labyrinth castle. We relied on this castle to have a chance to breathe."

"It's just that more than a month has passed and flesh and blood monsters have besieged us. We don't have much food left here."

"The water we drink must be drawn and refined from the sea of ​​blood. Occasionally, we can get some rainwater, but this is never the answer."

"More and more subraces are dissatisfied with the current situation. They believe that staying here is a dead end."

"At the same time, they don't understand why you and I have been unwilling to lead everyone to rush out. They have doubts about us."

"They secretly formed a group of powerful forces. They don't want to sit still and wait for death. They want to rely on their own strength to rush out from here."

"We can't let them do this." When Dong heard this, he immediately said, "Find a way to convince them and wait a few more days. It should be enough to wait a few more days."

Scel'a shook his head. When he spoke the language of the moose and centaurs, he always stuck out his tongue and made a strange popping sound.

"I'm already trying to do this, but the situation in the castle is getting more and more serious, supplies are getting tighter, and conflicts are becoming more frequent."

"The cracks in the suspicion are getting bigger and bigger. Chihorsi (his brother) and I simply cannot convince the public, and once trust collapses, it is irreparable... Dong, you have to do something."

Dong understood Sisaier's situation and the intention of his words. He thought about it and still insisted:

"I can't show up. Talking to you face to face like this is all at risk."

"No. I don't want to wait for so many days, but the strong fortress is breached from the inside."

Dong's words have two meanings. One of course refers to the hidden danger of chaotic conflicts in the ancient labyrinth castle, and the other refers to his "curse of flesh and blood."

He didn't want to infect any of the demi-humans here with the "curse of flesh and blood", as that would be disastrous.

Scella also had his own insistence: "Then, at least take action like we did against the "Bloodthirsty Apostle of Pain" last month to cheer up people's hearts. "

At the end of last month in the calendar of the Six Continents, the "bloodthirsty apostle of pain" was resurrected in the sea of ​​blood.

In order to establish prestige and stabilize people's hearts, Dong also wanted to obtain the precious "cure-all herbs" and save the seriously ill demi-humans in the castle, so he took action to kill the "bloodthirsty apostle of pain".

He frowned again and said, "I will take action if necessary."

Scella breathed a sigh of relief. As the leader of the small demihuman watch alliance, he had done his best, and the current situation was beyond his capabilities.

At this time, Dongyuan Sisaiera slowly walked to the balcony.

He pointed to the edge of the blood sea, pointing to the group of flesh and blood monsters and "vegetable weapons, gold and silver ingots" that worked day and night.

"Sisaier, do you know why I still don't lead you out of this encirclement despite the lack of supplies?"

"You worry there's going to be a lot of sacrifice and you can't protect everyone."

Dong put down his hand with chapped scarlet skin, sighed, and said:

"This is just one of the reasons. In fact, there are two reasons. Sisaier, you just said that you noticed two things. What is the other one?"

Sisaier'a didn't hesitate and immediately replied:

"Those monsters are very afraid of the sea of ​​blood that can dissolve their limbs, so they have been trying to dismantle the stone pillars of the ancient labyrinth to fill in a passage."

"We have been vigilant. Once the patrols sent out find out that they are filling the sea of ​​blood with stone pillars, we will try to repel them, destroy the stone pillars, and move large stone pillars under our castle."

"However, Qihorsi reported to me that he discovered that a patrol failed to fulfill its responsibility and instead allowed the flesh-and-blood monsters on the other side to bury half of the stone pillars."

"We discovered and defeated the enemy in time, and captured all the patrol members. We wanted to interrogate them, but we were opposed by the group of forces I mentioned before."

"Although the situation has been temporarily suppressed, I still feel quite uneasy..."

Dong did not notice this incident. Perhaps it happened when he was suffering from the "curse of flesh and blood" and he had no time to care.

Now that Scella had said it exactly as it was, Touya noticed something strange.

"You mean, this patrol has been connected with the flesh and blood monster on the other side, and wants to cooperate inside and outside?"

"I mean, they were bewitched." Scella emphasized, "They are all very brave warriors, but they made me feel strange last night."

"So I said, something bewitched them and affected their minds."

Dong understood why Scella said that these two things might be the same thing.

Coincidentally, what he said actually overlapped with Dong's second reason for standing still.

"That's right." He explained, "Scel, there is indeed a deceptive monster on the other side. Your intuition is not wrong."

"Who is it?"

"A so-called "prophet"... However, he is not the most troublesome... With them in the ancient labyrinth, I have to endure it until now. "

This was the first time Sisaier heard Dong tell the truth in such a long time, and he couldn't help but asked nervously:

"Is that "prophet" stronger than the "painful and bloodthirsty apostle"? "

"Yes." Dong replied, "His companions...the two monsters are both stronger than the "Bloodthirsty Apostle of Pain." "

Sisier'a couldn't help but his hair stood on end, and his breathing became a little faster.

He calmed down for a while and then asked: "You said there are three reasons, what about the last one?"

"I already said it," Dong replied, "I'm waiting for someone. He will definitely come."

I hope it's too late.

Before Scella opened his mouth to ask clearly, he heard a burst of noise by the sea of ​​​​blood, and then he was faced with the impact of strong and evil thoughts!

Buzz——

In that moment, he almost fell to the ground and vomited.

Dong's face turned ugly:

"It seems that the two monsters are also waiting for someone, and the people they are waiting for have arrived first... four... They are about to launch a general attack."

What came into view were several stone pillars from the ancient labyrinth. Suddenly, they all seemed to have escaped gravity, breaking from their roots and flying into the air.

Bang bang bang——

They fell into the sea of ​​blood one after another, paving a road in an instant!

The tide of flesh and blood monsters effortlessly broke through the defense line of "Plant Weapon Gold and Silver Ingots", stepped onto the stone pillar bridge, roared strangely, and rushed towards the ancient maze castle!